Gravitation (MTW) Misner Thorne Wheeler - 50 years (RIP) C.W.Misner

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The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (http://www.isgrg.org/)
celebrates the 50-year anniversary of Gravitation by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler.
Misner died in 2023... I included some associated links.
From the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (http://www.isgrg.org/)

there were some 50-year anniversary celebrations and a 100th birthday celebration:
This post is primarily about items related to "Gravitation" by Misner Thorne Wheeler.
 
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Yes, the book continues to bend spacetime on my bookshelf.
 
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bob012345 said:
Yes, the book continues to bend spacetime on my bookshelf.
I got tired of that and gave myself New Year's present, the Kindle version.
 
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Hill said:
I got tired of that and gave myself New Year's present, the Kindle version.
Either way, reading it is like getting sucked into a black hole.
 
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Either way, reading it is like getting sucked into a black hole.
Judging by the time it takes to get to the singularity, it is really super-supermassive black hole.
 
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Yes, the book continues to bend spacetime on my bookshelf.
I bought my copy while still in college, 1978 or thereabouts. My roommate looked at it sitting on the table, picked it up, set it down again, then said "How convenient - all the theory and also a practical demonstration".
 
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The joke I heard was that MTW shows the violation of the equivalence principle - it falls faster than everything else.
 
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